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IBM has plans to produce a 64-bit PowerPC chip late next year, sources close to the company said. The PowerPC 970 is what IBM will call the single-CPU variant of its RISC Power4 architecture.
The chip will debut at around 1.8ghz, which is much faster than the current Power3 architecture chips, which tops out at 375mhz. IBM has not yet announced which companies will be using the chip, but I think it's safe to assume that Apple will jump on it right away.
The downside, is that, as usual, Apple will be late in delivering. AMD is expected to ship their Clawhammer chips early next year, based on the x86-64 architecture, and will run at a much higher clock speed (we've already reported that it will start at a 3400+ PR). So, what may be Apple's saviour, may just arrive too late.
Tough luck, Apple.
The chip will debut at around 1.8ghz, which is much faster than the current Power3 architecture chips, which tops out at 375mhz. IBM has not yet announced which companies will be using the chip, but I think it's safe to assume that Apple will jump on it right away.
The downside, is that, as usual, Apple will be late in delivering. AMD is expected to ship their Clawhammer chips early next year, based on the x86-64 architecture, and will run at a much higher clock speed (we've already reported that it will start at a 3400+ PR). So, what may be Apple's saviour, may just arrive too late.
Tough luck, Apple.